Window-shade hanger.



No. 675,|69. Pafentsd May 28, I 90l. W. J. SCHULTZ.

WINDOW SHADE HANGER.

(Application led Sept. 8, 1900.)

PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM J. SOHIILTZ', OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

WINDOW-SHADE HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters Patent No.

675,169, dated May 28,1901.

Application iled September 8, 1900. erial No. 29,363. (No model.)

T0 a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. SCHULTZ, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Window ShadeHangers, of which the following isa specification. v

This invention relates ments in windowshade hangers, and has for itsobject to provide a device of this character of simple and inexpensiveconstruction adapted for use in supporting the shade in place upon thewindow frame or casing and of a nature' to permit the shade-roller ;tobe readily raised or lowered or adjusted vertically, so as to shade andventilate either the upper orlower part of the window.V

The invention consists in certain novel fea` tures ofthe construction,combination, and arrangement of the several parts of the improvedshade-han ger, whereby certain important advantages are attained and thedevice is made simpler, cheaper, and otherwise better adapted for use,all as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

The novel features of the invention will he carefully defined in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings, which serve to illustrate the invention,Figurel is a view showing the insidefof a window frame or casto certainimproveing having Amy improved shade-hanger applied thereto. Fig. 2 isan enlarged partial view showin g portions of the improved shadehangerat one side of the window frameor casing, portions of the guide andoperating rods and braces being broken away for lack of space. Fig. 3 isa side view, partly in sec` tion, showing parts of the improvedshadehangerat the upper part of the window. Fig. 4 is a sectional .viewtaken vertically through one of the shade-carrying slides in the planeindicated by the line ao. in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a perspective viewshowing the construction of the bracket-frame employed for holding thelower parts ofthe guide and operating rods of the device. Fig. 6 is asectional view taken vertically through the bracket-frame in the planeindicated by the line b b in Fig. 2. Fig. 7. is a sectional view similarto Fig. 4, but showing a modified arrangement 0f the parts. i

screws or the like.

In the views, 1 1 indicate guiderods extended vertically along oppositesides of the window frame or casing, being secured at their upper endsin brackets 2 2, held by means of screws 3 or the like to said frame orcasing and formed from pieces of flat or ,sheet metal, the lower endportions 4 of which arebent outwardly at right angles and ar'eperforated for the passage of vthe upper end lportions of the guide-rods1-. Above the bent portions 4 the plates of which the brackets areformed are, as shown at 5 in Figs. 2 and 3, cut or punched out toproduce tongues or projections 6, alined with the openings intheportions 4, through which the guide-rods l `pass,fandadapted to engagetheupper extremities of said guide-rods to limit or prevent endwisemovement thereof.

The lower ends of the guide-rods 1 are held in place by means ofbracket-frames 7, also formed from pieces of plate or sheet metal andheld tothe window frame or casing by means of The bracket-frames havetheir upper portions 8 bent over outwardly at right angles andperforated, as shown at 9 in Fig. 5, for the passage of the lower endportions of the guide-rods 1. The lower portions 10 of saidbracket-frames are' also bent out at right angles below and parallel tothe portions 8 to form tongues lower extremities of the guide-rods tolimit or prevent endwise movement thereof. Thus it will be seen that inessential construction and function the upper brackets 2 and the lowerbracket-frames 7 are exactly similar, althoughthey vary somewhat in.form'and detail.

v 11 indicates one of the shade-carryin g slides, there being one ofthese parts mounted for vertical movement upon each guide-rod 1 tosupport the opposite ends of the shade-roller y, for which purpose eachslide 11 has an angular arm 13a at its outer edge andprovided with meansto support the shade-roller. The slides 11 are also formed from piecesof sheet or plate metal bent over along their upper and ings,

movements.

to be engaged by the IOO the upper ends of operating-rods 13, which areextended vertically parallel to and just inside the guide-rods 1. Forthe passage of thel upper end of the rod 13 each flange 12 of the slideis provided with an opening 14, larger in diameter than the rod, and theend portion of the rod is formed at points corresponding in positionwith the ilanges 12 with transverse kerfs or recesses 15, adapted to beentered by the metal at the edges of said openings 14 and formingshoulders or stops to hold the rod 13 locked securely to the slideagainst endwise movement. Screws 17 passed through each slide 11 andengaged with tho outer surfaces of the rods 13, opposite to said kerfsor recesses, act to hold the engaging portions of the rods and flangesin relation and also vact to hold the rods 13 themselves againstrotation or turning movement.

To brace and connect the slides 1l at opposite sides of the window frameor casing, so as to cause the opposite ends of the shaderoller to movein unison, Iprovide transverse braces 18 18, extended between the twoslides 11 and secured at their ends to the said slides. Two of saidbraces are herein shown, although it is obvious that one of them might,if desired, be dispensed with where great rigidity or Astiffness of theconnection between the slides is not requisite. The extremities of thebraces 18 18 are each passed through an opening in the shade-carryingarm 13n of one slide 11, so as to project somewhat beyond said arm, asshown at 20 in Fig. 2, to prevent disengagement from said opening whenthin metal is employed in making the slides 11. The -braces are alsopassed through perforated lugs 19, formed on the inner ends of theslides 11 by slitting said slides and bending the metal between theslits outwardly, as shown in Fig. 3.

To `hold the brace-rods 18 securely attached to the slides 1l, I employscrews, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4, the heads of said screws bearingon the outer faces of the brace-rods, as shown at 22 22, in such a wayas to securely lock the same to the slides. The screw 1-7, which servesto lock the operating-rod 13 to the slide, is also employed to lock oneof the brace-rods 18 to the slide, as shown at 22. The upper bent part 8of the bracket-frame 7 is also perforated, as shown at 23, for thepassage of the operating-rod 13, which plays through said perforationwhen the shaderoller is raised or lowered, and the lower bent part 10 ofsaid bracket-frame is notched, as shown at 24, in its forward part for asimilar purpose. The part 8 of the frame is extended outward beyond theopening 23, and the side portions 25 of said extension are bent downparallel with each other and are perforated for the passage of a pin orstud 26, whereon is `held to turn a cam 28, having a thumbpiece 27 andadapted for engagement with the outer face of the operating-rod 13, asshown in Fig. 6, in such a way as to press the same forcibly upon thelo\ Ter bent part 10 of the frame at the notch 211 therein to lock the'rod 13 against vertical movement.

The lower extremity 29 of each operatingrod 13 is bent or curvedoutwardly or away from the window frame or casing to form a handle, bymeans of which the rod lnay be readily grasped bythe operator in slidingthe rod up or down for adjusting the position of the shade-roller.

In using the improved shade-hanger the operator grasps one of thehandles 29, and after having moved the cams 28 in such a way as to freeor unlock the operating-rods 13 the other handle 29 is also grasped, andthe rods 13 are moved up or down to adjust the shaderoller to theposition desired, after which the cams 2S are again moved into positionto lock the rods 13 against movement, and thereby hold theshade-rollerin adjusted position.

The improved rshade-hanger constructed according to my invention isofanextremely simple and inexpensive nature and Iis of a very neat andattractive appearance,vcom paratively little of the guide and operatingrods being exposed, since the shade itself when lowered serves to coverand conceal said rods, as shown in Fig. 1. The device is also capable ofbeing readily takenapart and assembled to permit of conveniently packingand shippingit, and when assembled the construction is notably strongand rigid, so as to render it very desirable and not likely to becomederanged or broken. It is also readily adjustable to windows ofdifferent dimensions and affordsno obstruction a't the lower part of thewindow, since the guide-rods 1 1 extend but half-way down ythe frame orcasing.

It will also be obvious from the above description that the improvedshade-hanger is capable of considerable modification without departurefrom the principles andspirit of the invention, and for this .reason Ido not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise form andarrangement of the several parts of the device herein set forth.Forexample, in certain cases it may be desired to employ a `wooden slator brace in lieuof the metal brace-rods 18 18. A construction in whichthis is accomplished is shown in Fig. 7, wherein 30 indicates the.wooden slat or brace, held at its ends on the back of the slide 1lbetween the [ianges 12 and in front of the operating-rod 13. A screw 3lis carried by the slide 11 and has engagement against the front side ofthe slat 30 in such .a way as to press the same forcibly against theoperatingrod 13, whereby not only is the slat or brace securelylocked tothe slide, butthe engaging devices of the rod 13 and Iianges 12 abovereferred to are also heldin secure engagement.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. A window shade hanger comprising guides adapted for attachment attheir upper ends to a window-casin g or the like, shade-carryin g slidesmovable on the guides, operating- IOO 'rods extended down from theslides, bracketframes adapted for attachment to the windowcasing andhaving means to support the lower ends of the guides, saidbracket-frames having their upper and lower edge portions bentoutward,the upper edge portions being formed into arms, cams pivotedbetween said arms and adapted to bear on the outer faces of theoperating-rods, and the lower edge portions being notched for thepassage of said operating-rods, substantially as set forth.

2. A shade-carrying slide for window-shade hangers and the like havingmeans to receive a guide-rod, an operating-rod and a brace and providedwith a sin gle device arranged to lock both the operating-rod and thebrace to the slide, substantially as set forth.

3. In a window-shade hanger, the combination of a shade-carrying slidehaving bent portions provided with perforations, an operating-rod passedthrough said perforations of the bent parts and having devices adaptedfor engagement with said bent parts, and means for pressing the rodlaterally to engage its devices with the said bent parts, substantiallyas set forth.

4. In a Window-shade hanger, the combination of a shade-carrying slidehaving bent and perforated parts, an operating-rod passed through theperforations of the bent parts and having notches to engage to edges ofsaid perforations and a screw carried by the slide and having engagementwith the operatingrod to hold the notches thereof engaged with the edgesof the perforations, substantially as set forth,

5. In a window-shade hanger, the combination of a shade-carrying slidehaving bent and perforated parts, an operating-rod llaving shouldersadapted for engagement at the edges of the perforations of the bentparts and means for pressing the operating-rod laterally to engage saidshoulders with the edges of the perfor-ations, substantially as setforth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM J. SCHULTZ.

Witnesses:

JOHN ELIAS JONES, JAMES F. LUDDoN.

